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郑人买履

Traditional form:

鄭人買履

Pinyin (reading):

zhèngrénmǎilü

Definitions:

  • lit. the person from Zheng 鄭／郑 ( Zhèng) who wanted to buy shoes (an allusion to an ancient story about somebody who, when buying a pair of shoes, preferred to rely on their foot measurements rather than just trying them on) (idiom)
  • fig. disregarding the sensible approach in favor of adherence to a fixed idea

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